In This Skin

I look at you and I don’t see your size, I see your sparkling eyes, your boisterous infectious laugh, your beautiful hair, your captivating smile, your heart, your elegant hands, your adorable sprinkling of freckles, the bounce in your step, your sassy-ness; all the things that make you who you are, the things that endear you to me, draw me to you.

And yet.

And. Yet.

All I see, when I look at me… the excess.

I am completely comfortable in my skin, when I forget. When the image in my head is the one that I believe.. the healthy girl who rocks the hour glass figure and is damn proud of it.

Oh, so beautiful. And as the mother of four who is probably nearly old enough to be YOUR mother, I am so proud of you for this post. And yes, it is your gauntlet to yourself – today, but know that you, my dear, are beautiful JUST AS YOU ARE. Today. Yesterday. And tomorrow. For it is what is within you that makes you beautiful. And, for the record, the outside of you? Pretty freakin’ beautiful, too.

I am so very honored to call you ‘friend.’

And most importantly, let’s keep all of this from our daughters les we infect them with these thoughts we all have of ‘perfection’ and (mostly) how wrong we all are.

WOW. You said what we all think. How we all feel. What we all know to be true. Thank you. There is safety in numbers and knowing you are not alone is often like a balm, a salve, and it can be more powerful than any candy or junk food.thedoseofreality recently posted..WOULD I PAY MONEY FOR THIS: Labeling Your Children

So beautiful, my friend. And this? THIS: “sparkling eyes, your boisterous infectious laugh, your beautiful hair, your captivating smile, your heart, your elegant hands, your adorable sprinkling of freckles, the bounce in your step, your sassy-ness; ” Both your inner and outer beauty? It is all I have ever seen in you. You are a treasure…as a mother, as a friend, as a woman. xoxoDanielle Smith recently posted..A Delightful Family Resort: Azul Beach in Cancun

You, my darling, are not only gorgeous, truly truly gorgeous, but smart and funny and talented. Girl, you are the whole package and there ain’t nothing not to absolutely love and adore there!

But I do know that we are our own worst critics, and that is a tough hill to climb. I am working on that myself… and it’s always a work in progress. Much love, many hugs and a huge thank you for the inspiring read! mwah.Elisa recently posted..Loving it!

What an amazing post, Rachel. I can so relate to everything you have said! The first few paragraphs had me near tears, because like you, I look at my friends and people I meet and I see the person, not the body. I see what makes them special and wonderful. And yet I struggle to treat myself the same way, to look at myself in that same kind, loving way.

For what is worth, I think that in addition to being fun and lovely, you are quite simply one of the most beautiful women I have ever met and I cannot imagine that any amount of weight could change that. You are simply gorgeous, inside and out, and totally unforgettable. Out of that long-gone BlogHer where I met you, you are without a doubt one of the most memorable people and one of those I most would like to be able to hang out with!

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